• While the 2010-11 Men’s Basketball season is over, the Lady Hoyas are still dancing. After beating Princeton in the opening round, Georgetown had to face Maryland on their home campus in College Park. Sugar Rodgers had a career-high 34 points as the 5th-seeded Hoyas crushed the 4th-seeded Terps 79-57 at the Comcast Center. The Lady Hoyas advanced to the Sweet 16 where they will play #1-seed and #1 ranked UCONN on Sunday at noon in Philadelphia.
• The Hoya Hoop Club’s annual Men Basketball Banquet will take place at the Leavey Center on Tuesday, April 12. Tickets are available now for $70/person and $50/young alum. You can register online at alumni.georgetown.edu or print the registration form here [PDF].
• On Wednesday night, former Georgetown Coach John Thompson Jr. was in D.C. giving out important lessons to high school basketball stars as a part of the POWERADE game science clinic. He talked about everything from the importance of training and hydration (it was a POWERADE event) to Big John staples such as work ethic, education and character.

  
  He also had a few words to say about Georgetown’s performance in the NCAA Tournament this year:

  People must realize that those teams earned the opportunity to play in this championship tournament that many other teams wished they could have participated in. Only one team has a dream ending to their season but so many other teams should look back and see their seasons as a success.

More good news coming from Ron Thompson’s Twitter:

#Hoya News: Chris Wright has been cleared to play. 1st ‘full’ practice will be Mon. Good for Ncaa Tourney.

Chris coming back for the tourney is good news for the Hoyas, but since he will most likely not be 100%, this week’s worth of practices are extremely important for everyone on the roster.

Yesterday, the Big East announced the 2010-11 all-conference teams, and Austin Freeman was named to the All-Big East First Team. Chris Wright was also honored, being named to the All-Big East Third Team.

Ben Hansbrough was the only unanimous decision to make the First Team, meaning one of the coaches didn’t pick Kemba Walker to make the cut. For the rookies, DePaul’s Cleveland Melvin was the only unanimous decision.

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A little bird told us that Chris Wright is healing well and has been shooting in practice.

From Ron Thompson’s Twitter account:

#Hoya info: Chris Wright is healing great. Shot jumpers yesterday AND today in practice…

That sounds like good news for the Hoyas, but we still have to wait and see how he progresses.

Today marked the trade deadline for the NBA, and the Oklahoma City Thunder traded Jeff Green to Boston.

After getting drafted by the Celtics as the #5 overall pick in 2007, Green was quickly traded to Seattle/Oklahoma City on draft day. Today, he returns to Boston, getting traded with Nenad Krstic for Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson.

Great news from the GU Athletics Department – Chris Wright “underwent successful surgery this morning” and is expected to return this season.

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University Head Men’s Basketball Coach John Thompson III announced today “Chris Wright, injured in last night’s game with Cincinnati, underwent successful surgery this morning for a break in the third metacarpal of his left (non-shooting) hand. Our medical staff is optimistic and although we do not have an exact timetable, we expect to have Chris back before the end of the season.”

Thank goodness.

[Official Press Release at GUHoyas.com]

News travels quickly these days. Perhaps too quickly.

Now Washington Post’s Tarik El-Bashir is reporting that Julian Vaughn has been cleared from the hospital and is expected to play against Coastal Carolina.

Hoyas C Julian Vaughn has been cleared to play and met team in Charleston today, I’m told. … Julian Vaughn and Jason Clark are expected to play tomorrow vs. Coastal Carolina.

I still would have preferred an official press release, but it’s good to know that Julian is feeling alright, whether he plays or not.

More bad news regarding Julian Vaughn’s illness. According to Washington Post’s Hoya beat writer Tarik El-Bashir’s Twitter account, Julian Vaughn did not make the trip to South Carolina for the Charleston Classic.

Hoyas C Julian Vaughn did not travel with team today for this weekend’s tourney. JTIII says doctors are still evaluating test results.

That doesn’t sound like good news for the Georgetown’s post presence in the tournament without veteran Julian or youngblood Moses Ayegba. Henry Sims and Nate Lubick will need to pick up the slack for the Hoyas to do well in Charleston.

Of course, we’re all wishing Julian a speedy recovery.

Georgetown just announced that freshman Moses Ayegba will be forced to miss the first nine games of the season due to an NCAA ruling.

Before we began recruiting Moses, before he enrolled in high school here, it turns out his ticket to come to this country was paid for by someone who was not a member of his immediate family. Because of this the NCAA has ruled that he is ineligible for the first 9 contests. We’re disappointed that the NCAA rejected our appeal of this ruling.

That means we won’t see #32 in action until one month from now when the Hoyas take on Appalachian State.

[Via GUHoyas.com]